Tryphon Of Vyatka

Tryphon of Vyatka (c. 1546–1612) was a Russian abbot and saint. Tryphon was born in the village of Malaya Nemnyuzhka (Malaya Nemnyuga or Malonemnyuzhskoye (Voskresenskoye)) of Pinezhsky district (now the village Sovpolye,

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), in the family of a wealthy peasant Dimitry Podvizev. He is known for evangelizing to the

Ostyak Ostyak (russian: Остя́к) is a name formerly used to refer to several indigenous peoples and languages in Siberia, Russia. Both the Khanty people and the Ket people were formerly called Ostyaks, whereas the Selkup people were referred to as ...

s, and founded a monastery in Vyatka. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1903, his feast day is October 12. Russian saints People from Vyatka Governorate 1540s births 1612 deaths {{saint-stub